Neoholothele

Neoholothele is a genus of tarantula, first described in 2015 by Guadanucci & Weinmann. As of August 2022^[update], it contains 2 species Neoholothele fasciaaurinigra and Neoholothele incei, the latter being the type species.^[1] They are named after the prefix "neo" from the Greek word for new, and the genus Holothele.^[2]

Neoholothele
Neoholothele incei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Neoholothele Guadanucci & Weinmann, 2015
Type species
Neoholothele incei (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899)
Species
Neoholothele fasciaaurinigra Guadanucci & Weinmann, 2015 - Colombia Neoholothele incei (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) - Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela

Diagnosis

They can be distinguished by the coloration of the carapace, which is dark with a golden cephalic region. Females with a striped pattern on the abdomen, with a long and slender spermathecae receptors. Males with a retrolateral branch in the male tibial spurs with an apical end.^[2]